Summer Reading List
2010

Additional copies of grade-level assignments and projects can be picked up
at the EVG School main office or at the Edgewater Public Library.

For Students Entering Kindergarten

  1. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - by Bill Martin

  2. Chrysanthemum - by Kevin Heikes

  3. Do Unto Otters-by Laurie Keller

  4. Is Your Mama a Llama? - by Deborah Guarino

  5. Leonardo the Terrible Monster - by Mo Willems

  6. May I Bring A Friend? - by Beatrice Regniers

  7. Mouse Mess - by Linnea Asplind Riley

  8. Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

  9. Quick As a Cricket - by Audrey Wood

  10. Swimmy - by Leo Lionni

  11. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear - by Don and Audrey Wood

  12. The Peace Book - by Todd Parr

  13. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin - by Lloyd Moss

For Students Entering
 Grade 1

  1. Adventures of Danny and the Dinosaur - by Sid Hoff

  2. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - by Judith Viorst

  3. Amelia Bedelia - by Peggy Parish

  4. Play Ball Amelia Bedelia - Peggy Parish

  5. Bedtime for Frances - by Russell Hoban

  6. Caps for Sale - by Esphyr Slobodkina

  7. Franklin Rides A Bike - by Paulette Bourgeois

  8. Corduroy - by Don Freeman

  9. The Listening Walk - by Paul Showers

  10. Biscuit - by Alyssa Capucilli

  11. Oliver Button Is a Sissy - by Tomie De Paola

  12. The Story of Ferdinand - by Munro Leaf

  13. Miss Spiders Tea Party - by David Kirk

  14. The Empty Pot - by Demi

  15. Harry By The Sea - by Gene Zion

  16. Adventures of Rainbow Fish - by Marcus Pfister

  17. Sammy the Seal - by Sid Hoff

  18. Ten Apples Up On Top - by Dr. Seuss

For Students Entering
Grade 2

  1. The Adventures of Taxi Dog - by Debra Barracca

  2. The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia - by Peggy Parish

  3. Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy - by Barbara Park

  4. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - by William Steig

  5. Zelda and Ivy - by Laura McGee Kvasnosky

  6. Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown! - by Paula Danziger

  7. Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne

  8. Miss Nelson Is Missing - by Harry Allard

  9. Mrs. Dole Is Out of Control - by Dan Gutman

  10. Jake Drake, The Bully Buster - by Andrew Clements

  11. Cam Jensen: The Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones - by David Adler

  12. Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag - by Margorie W. Sharmat

  13. Katie Kazoo Switcheroo Out to Lunch - by Nancy Krulik

  14. Horrid Henry and the Mummys Curse - by Francesca Simon

For Students Entering
Grade 3

  1. The BFG - by Roald Dahl

  2. Boxcar Children - by Gertrude Chandler Warner

  3. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective - by Donald J. Sobol

  4. Frindle - by Andrew Clements

  5. How to Eat Fried Worms - by Thomas Rockwell

  6. The Keeping Quilt - by Patricia Polacco

  7. Poppy - by Avi

  8. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 - by Beverly Cleary

  9. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle - by Betty McDonald

  10. Walking the Road to Freedom - by Jeri Ferris

  11. Chocolate Fever - by Robert Kimmel Smith

  12. Clementine - by Sara Pennypacker

  13. What Are You Figuring Now? A Story About Benjamin Banneker - by Jeri Ferris

  14. Judy Moody Around the World in 8 1/2 days - by Megan McDonald

  15. Clarice Bean Spells Trouble - by Lauren Child

  16. Going, Going, Going! With the Pain and Great One - by Judy Blume

For Students Entering
Grade 4

  1. Abels Island - by William Steig

  2. Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls - by Ann M. Martin

  3. The Cricket in Times Square - by George Selden

  4. Maniac McGee - by Jerry Spinelli

  5. Pippi Longstocking - by Astrid Lindgren

  6. The Indian in the Cupboard - by Lynne Reid Banks

  7. The Mouse and the Motorcycle - by Beverly Cleary

  8. My Teacher Is an Alien - by Bruce Coville

  9. Time for Andrew, A Ghost Story - by Mary Downing Hahn

  10. Amber Brown Goes Fourth - by Paula Danziger

  11. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher - by Bruce Coville

  12. Stealing Home - by Matt Christopher

  13. The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail and an Even Smaller Ant - by Avi

For Students Entering
Grade 5

Required Reading for all students:

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - by Bette Bao Lord

Choose one of the following selections...

  1. Chasing Redbird - by Sharon Creech

  2. Holes - by Louis Sachar

  3. Matilda - by Roald Dahl

  4. My Daniel - by Pam Conrad

  5. Shiloh - by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

  6. The Phantom Tollbooth - by Norton Jester

  7. Wait Till Helen Comes, A Ghost Story - by Mary Downing Hahn

  8. The Warm Place - by Nancy Farmer

  9. The Cat Ate My Gymsuit -by Paula Danziger

  10. Nothings Fair in Fifth Grade - by Barthe DeClements

  11. The Twenty-One Balloons - by William Pene duBois

  12. How to Train Your Dragon - by Cressida Cowell

  13. Mr. Poppers Penguins - by Richard and Florence Atwater

  14. Hatchet - by Gary Paulsen

  15. Bridge to Terabithia - by Katherine Paterson

For Students Entering
Grade 6

Required reading:

Crash, by Jerry Spinelli

Choose one from the following selections:

City of Ember - by Jeanne Duprau

A Single Shard - by Linda Su Park

The Lightening Thief - by Rick Riordan

Fever 1793 - by Laurie Halse Anderson

"Modified" EVG Grade Six Summer Reading List
 for Students Entering grade 6

Click here for the Modified Projects for Grade 6

1. Required Book:

Crash - (realistic fiction) by Jerry Spinelli. This book is available on tape at our school library.

(Seventh-grader John "Crash" Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family.)

2. Choose one book from the following selections:

  1. Osbourne, Mary Pope - The Magic Treehouse Series

  2. Park, Barbara - The Kid in the Red Jacket

  3. Cleary, Beverly -Ramona Quimby Series - Henry and The Clubhouse

  4. Danzinger, Paula - Amber Brown Series

  5. Scieszka, Jon - Hey Kid Want to Buy a Bridge? or Summer Reading is Killing Me

  6. Fleischman, Sid - The Whipping Boy

For Students Entering LMS Grade 7

Reading makes immigrants of us all.
It takes us away from home, but more important,
It finds homes for us everywhere.
Hazel Rochman-

Dear Incoming LMS 7th Grader:

Welcome to 7th grade! Before we begin another school year this September, we are strongly encouraging you to choose a book from the following list to read during the summer months. All of the books included on this list share the common themes of Immigration and Assimilation. We will be studying these themes in both Language Arts and Social Studies this year. It is our objective to help you build your understanding and background knowledge on this subject through a good book. In October, all 7th graders will participate in a book chat with fellow students and teachers to discuss the books.

Reading is an important skill that students can and should practice throughout the summer. If there is more than one book on the list that appeals to you, read them both or all. This is a perfect way to prepare for the new school year. Have a wonderful and safe summer and well see you in the fall.

Sincerely,

The Seventh Grade Teachers

Book Titles:

Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse

Ask Me No Questions by Marina Tamar Budhos

Life, After by Sarah Littman

Streets of Gold by Marie Raphael

Children of the River by Linda Crew

Annie Moore: First in Line for America by Eithne Loughrey

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